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Teens, Tech and Tapping Out

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Teens, Tech and Tapping Out

The unprecedented teen mental health crisis, coupled with the toxic and addictive nature of social media, may be inspiring a grassroots movement of...
Technology : Identities : Youth
Six Tech Brands Developing DIY Repairable Devices

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Six Tech Brands Developing DIY Repairable Devices

Spurred on by growing right-to-repair movements, tech brands are slowly meeting consumers’ long-standing demands for DIY repairable devices.
Mobile Phones : Sustainability : DIY
Hong Kong trials ground-level signal lights for distracted pedestrians

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Hong Kong trials ground-level signal lights for distracted pedestrians

Pedestrians walking around the city with their eyes glued to their phone screens are becoming a real problem in the city, with lives being put in d...
Technology : Hong Kong : Future Cities
Samsung is opening new eyes to smartphone innovations

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Samsung is opening new eyes to smartphone innovations

With many mobile users staying loyal to one smartphone brand year after year, a new campaign from Samsung is looking to make people aware of new in...
Advertising : Technology : Mobile Phones
Normally envisages an eco-friendly Instagram

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Normally envisages an eco-friendly Instagram

Design studio Normally is exploring how to redesign the internet to require less energy – starting with Instagram.
Technology : Mobile Phones : Social Media
Smartphone storytelling

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Smartphone storytelling

Youth film-making collective Pickpocket examines why film and tv are stuck in a pre-internet world and how smartphones can create suspense to...
Youth : Media : Entertainment
How AR will transform fake news into digi-tainment

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How AR will transform fake news into digi-tainment

Designer Clara Ormières explores how augmented reality (AR) will change the way in which we interpret and experience the news in her Unreal Plots p...
Augmented Reality : Media : Dutch Design Week
LDF 2018: Punkt adds 4G capacity to its minimalist phone

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LDF 2018: Punkt adds 4G capacity to its minimalist phone

Punkt has launched the MP02, a mobile phone that balances streamlined design and access with global connectivity.
Technology : Mobile Phones : Digital
Smart spending

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Smart spending

UK – Loot has been launched as a new mobile banking service aimed at Millennials.
Mobile Banking : Finance : Millennials
Off-grid

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Off-grid

New York – As phones get smarter, one brand is going back to basics for a stripped-back experience.
The Light Phone : Smartphone : JOMO
Preview: Selfie art

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Preview: Selfie art

Milan – In a preview of this week’s Innovate we unveil the Selfie PhotoBooth, shown at this year's Milan Salone Internazionale del Mobile.
Selfies : ECAL University Of Art And Design Lausanne : The Sharded Self
Super selfies

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Super selfies

Milan Salone 2015 – The #ECAL #PhotoBooth exhibition during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile explores how the selfie phenomenon has altered our...
Milan Salone Del Mobile : #Photobooth : ECAL
Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

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Mobile World Congress 2015 Review

Game-changing industry disruption from enhanced batteries, driverless cars and integrated eco-systems are prompting a variety of innovations acro...
Mobile World Congress : Mobile Phones : Barcelona
Charity invites mobile users to donate their screens as advertising space

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Charity invites mobile users to donate their screens as advertising space

Charitable organisation Doctors of the World is asking people to donate their mobile screens to advertise on its behalf.
Doctors Of The World : Donations : Smart Philanthropy
Burberry will live-stream the catwalk using messaging app LINE

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Burberry will live-stream the catwalk using messaging app LINE

Burberry Prorsum will live-stream its autumn/winter 2015 fashion show via messaging app LINE.
Burberry Prorsum : LINE : Transmedia Futures
Mobile app for life’s awkward moments

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Mobile app for life’s awkward moments

Dorothy is a new product for use in awkward social situations allowing users to call an Uber, text their friends or trigger a fake phone call simpl...
Dorothy : IStrategyLab : Everyday Re-Enchantment
Unilever urges consumers to trade waste bottles for phone credit

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Unilever urges consumers to trade waste bottles for phone credit

To promote the launch of its Seda Recarga Natural line of shampoo, Unilever built a machine that encourages Brazilian commuters to trade used bot...
Brazil : Ethical Consumption : Vending Machine
Survey reveals internet access is the top concern for business travellers

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Survey reveals internet access is the top concern for business travellers

A recent survey has found that the top hotel complaints among business travellers concern internet access and the ability to ch...
Hotels : Flytertalk : Frequent Business Traveler
African mobile payment system branches out into Europe

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African mobile payment system branches out into Europe

Vodafone is rolling out its popular mobile payment system M-Pesa in Europe for the first time.
NEAs : Vodafone : M-Pesa
Google explores 3D mapping with prototype phone

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Google explores 3D mapping with prototype phone

Google’s Project Tango will let mobile users 3D-map their surroundings
The Internet Of Things : Mobile Phones : Project Tango
Mathieu Pollet : Mobile concierge

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Mathieu Pollet : Mobile concierge

LoungeUp co-founder Mathieu Pollet talks about how hoteliers can connect with their guests
Mobile Phones : Hotel
Mobile showrooming makes car buyers flighty

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Mobile showrooming makes car buyers flighty

Mobile showrooming makes car buyers flighty
Automotive : Mobile Phones : Showrooming
Power dressing: Fashion in a flap over solar power

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Power dressing: Fashion in a flap over solar power

Power dressing: Fashion in a flap over solar power
Netherlands : Pauline Van Dongen : Christiaan Holland
New wireless technology spells the end of recharging

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New wireless technology spells the end of recharging

New wireless technology spells the end of recharging
Mobile Phones : Ambient : Wireless Technology
Mobile media trump tv and computers for Millennials

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Mobile media trump tv and computers for Millennials

Mobile media trump tv and computers for Millennials
Advertising : Global Mobile Media Consumption : Phones
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